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By Debbie Schlussel
Last week, when I was away for Passover, the tabloid press was abuzz at the birth of Tom Cruise’s alleged child with alleged girlfriend Katie Holmes. They named her “Suri,” and had their publicists tell the world that the word was Hebrew for “Princess.”
Not that I care about their new kid or her name but . . . since I speak fluent Hebrew, this new word was news to me.
There’s the word “Sar” (pronounced “Sahr”), which means officer or minister and can also mean prince. And there’s the Biblical “Sarah,” which can mean princess or female minister/officer. There is “Tzuri” or “Tsuri,” which means “my rock” (usually reserved for G-d, as in “G-d is my rock,”) but I doubt that’s what the airhead glitterati couple was aiming for. But the only “Suri” I know is the command version of “Sur,” which means depart or move aside, as in “move away” or “get out of here.” (“Get out of here” Cruise–that has a nice ring to it.)
But no “Suri” as a princess. I never heard of that word. I checked my “Ben Yehuda’s Pocket English-Hebrew/Hebrew-English Dictionary” by Ehud Ben-Yehuda and David Weinstein. And still no “Suri.”

Did Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and their publicist–none of whom are Hebrew speakers to my knowledge–know a new Hebrew slang word that I did not? I don’t think so.
And apparently, the native Hebrew speakers in Israel are also raising their eyebrows at the apocryphal, alleged Hebrew name the non-married celebs gave their alleged new child.
Just another example of how crazy celebrities don’t know what they’re talking about. They’re plain clueless. (And the media blindly reports what they say as fact, without bothering to check.)
Jump on a couch with HOprah, make up new Hebrew words. What a useful life.

The more i learn about you the more i’m surprised my little Yentl…WHY you and Babs don’t get along is a mystery to me…LOL
Since i REFUSE to go to movies that are TV shows, it’ll be a few months before i see MI3.

jay-wilted;With your smarts of hebrew.What’s it mean to G-D.When all you have is hate in your typing’s here on deb’s site?like you are going to teach us about right+wrong.Theach me about good ands evil…punks

Well,My The_Man;I can’t “entirely” accept gang initiation,because as a Purple Gang Member,for me to rub out Israel Deserter,surfer dude and now,”rabbi” Danny ,he has to graduate elementary school-even though he’s been gettin’ away with shtuppin’…whoops stalkin’ Pam Anderson.And technically as far as hate clubs go,I hear they’re offerin’ him signing bonuses on The KKK site…Now,”rabbi” Danny,as far as my Hebrew is concerned-I did point out that the above word “tsuris” is Yiddish,which confirms your illiteracy.And more to the point,while the ‘G_d’
spelling has taken off in Jewish life as the appropriate way to deal with possible violations of the prohibition against carrying God’s name in vain from The Ten Commandments(In Hebrew-Aseret Hadeebrote is closer to The Ten Statements),I prefer to see ‘God’ spelled out as a reminder not to be a Jack Abramoff-and in your case,so you’ll at least be able to spell ‘God’.

If Tom Cruise will adopt me, I’ll change my name to “Get Lost”, “Scram”, “Paris”, or anything else as long as he keeps signing the checks.
Just another reminder that celebs live in a total fantasy world.
P.S. Don’t let The Man get you down, Danny!